Maybe no one does. His remarkable record at Tech should have generated more offers over the years, but his unorthodox style clearly scares athletic directors.

He's likely scarier now. If Leach was really trying to get someone to play without regard for his concussion, well, that's hard to overlook in favor of a fun passing game.

But that's uncharacteristic, as well as unproven. Leach has usually punished his players the way he did last spring. Then, he forced another player to sit in a chair at midfield and do his homework. The receiver had fallen behind with his grades.

This is how coaches sometimes act, and this is how Mark Mangino got in trouble at Kansas. He was fired for various abuses; not coincidentally, Kansas put its foot down after Mangino stopped winning.

Leach recently addressed this. "Nobody truly knows what went on in Kansas," Leach said. "But my suspicion is, Mark's in the middle of a witch hunt, which is unjustified."

Leach knows how personal these things can get, because he's never gotten along with his athletic director, Gerald Myers. This goes back to 2001. Then, Tech looked into rumors about Leach's off-field activities to separate fact from fiction.

The investigation cleared Leach, but a year later, something was still going on. Then, Myers treated Leach the way Leach treats his players. He stopped Leach's outgoing mail in a dispute over postage stamps.

Leach's contract impasse last winter was a further sign of friction. Instead of quietly negotiating, Tech went public.

So when Adam James' father complained, Tech couldn't investigate this in private. Tech couldn't wait until after the bowl. There had to be a suspension before all the facts were in.

Myers hasn't always been this harsh with his coaches, even those known for bullying players. Such as Bob Knight.

Once, on the same night Knight won his 800th career game, he took out his frustrations on a Sony in the locker room.

"It wasn't like the TV was demolished," Myers explained afterward.

There was just a dent, and who looked closely anyway? Myers said the set was replaced the next day "at no cost," when it isn't easy to find free televisions.

Myers took the same tone later when Knight admitted he had distributed dirt about a player who had left the team. Knight had given this information at a Lubbock business leaders meeting where approximately 20 people attended.

Myers' reaction then: "There was no harm intended to the student-athlete."

Now, apparently, there is harm. Myers couldn't downplay this incident, not as he had done with Knight. Myers had to heighten it, no matter the cost to everyone.

Leach isn't the only one damaged. Tech's recruiting class will likely suffer, too.

So maybe Leach was wrong, or maybe he was doing what other coaches have done. None of it matters. Leach isn't wanted in San Antonio on Saturday, and this goes further.